Karen R. Koenig > Quotes

“Pain is the dark knight that exists between wanting and not having.”
― Karen R. Koenig, The Rules of "Normal" Eating: A Commonsense Approach for Dieters, Overeaters, Undereaters, Emotional Eaters, and Everyone in Between!

“Be careful of the magician that tricks you into believing that what you do with food has no consequences.”
― Karen R. Koenig, The Rules of "Normal" Eating: A Commonsense Approach for Dieters, Overeaters, Undereaters, Emotional Eaters, and Everyone in Between!

“Society values a stiff upper lip and glorifies the macho ideals of playing down feelings, going it alone, and being in control. Sadly, this only exacerbates emotional pain in the long run and prevents it from being healed.”
― Karen R. Koenig, The Food and Feelings Workbook: A Full Course Meal on Emotional Health

“The function of emotions is to tell us about our internal world, just as senses provide guidance in the external world.”
― Karen R. Koenig, The Food and Feelings Workbook: A Full Course Meal on Emotional Health

“What you need is some balance in your life: to know when to say no and when to say yes, how to ask for help as easily as you give it, when to let other people live with the consequences of their choices, how to be honest with yourself (always) and forthright and direct with other people (most of the time), and why it’s important to give up striving to be perfect and accept your perfectly imperfect self.”
― Karen R. Koenig, Nice Girls Finish Fat